booshwayn.

Brit.

/ˈbuːʃweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈbuʃˌweɪ/

Forms: 1800s bugheway, 1800s– booshway, 1900s– bourshway, 1900s– budgeway, 1900s– bushwa.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bourgeois n.¹

Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of bourgeois n.¹ (see sense 2 at that entry).

North American. Now historical.

= bourgeois n.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > master of trading post in North America

truck-master1694

postmaster1829

booshway1850

1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah 116 Oh! a lot of darned gover'ment men; but as I'm ‘bugheway’ they do pretty well.

1870 F. F. Victor River of West 49 The hired trapper was..bound..to hunt and trap for his employers... The Booshway, or the trader, or the partisan, (leader of the detachment,) had him under his command.

1928 S. Conner On Sweetwater Trail iii. i. 112 Murray was ‘booshway’, or camp boss, because he was the only experienced trapper.

1952 E. Haycox Earthbreakers 172 When it was all over the booshway—the leader of the party—came into the tent and gave Kimmel hell.

1999 T. C. Johnston Death Rattle (2000) 125 The booshways had their grumbling men rolling out early, ordered to bring their horses and pack animals into camp.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	booshway
释义	booshwayn. Brit. /ˈbuːʃweɪ/, U.S. /ˈbuʃˌweɪ/ Forms: 1800s bugheway, 1800s– booshway, 1900s– bourshway, 1900s– budgeway, 1900s– bushwa. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bourgeois n.¹ Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of bourgeois n.¹ (see sense 2 at that entry). North American. Now historical. = bourgeois n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > master of trading post in North America truck-master1694 postmaster1829 booshway1850 1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah 116 Oh! a lot of darned gover'ment men; but as I'm ‘bugheway’ they do pretty well. 1870 F. F. Victor River of West 49 The hired trapper was..bound..to hunt and trap for his employers... The Booshway, or the trader, or the partisan, (leader of the detachment,) had him under his command. 1928 S. Conner On Sweetwater Trail iii. i. 112 Murray was ‘booshway’, or camp boss, because he was the only experienced trapper. 1952 E. Haycox Earthbreakers 172 When it was all over the booshway—the leader of the party—came into the tent and gave Kimmel hell. 1999 T. C. Johnston Death Rattle (2000) 125 The booshways had their grumbling men rolling out early, ordered to bring their horses and pack animals into camp. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1850
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